Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thomas Wen Clough
Ni Hao from Xi'an!
Our blog is blocked in China so my sister, Molly is posting for us. Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement! Yesterday (10/12), under Chinese law, An Wen Zhuo officially came under our care. So far, so good! Wen is a wonderful boy...laughing, smiling and singing all of the time. His sisters are having a ball and Wen has told our guide how happy he is. Wen keeps asking when we are going home to America.
Additionally, Wen desperately wants to learn English. Yesterday, in just a few short hours Liza taught him colors and how to count to 10 in English. Likewise, Wen taught Liza how to count to 10 in Chinese. Yesterday, while we were discussing school with the guide, Wen told the guide that he attended preschool at the orphanage. When we asked about his interest in attending school in America, Wen responded . . . how about tomorrow?
Today we are off to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Until next time....
The Cloughs
Our blog is blocked in China so my sister, Molly is posting for us. Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement! Yesterday (10/12), under Chinese law, An Wen Zhuo officially came under our care. So far, so good! Wen is a wonderful boy...laughing, smiling and singing all of the time. His sisters are having a ball and Wen has told our guide how happy he is. Wen keeps asking when we are going home to America.
Additionally, Wen desperately wants to learn English. Yesterday, in just a few short hours Liza taught him colors and how to count to 10 in English. Likewise, Wen taught Liza how to count to 10 in Chinese. Yesterday, while we were discussing school with the guide, Wen told the guide that he attended preschool at the orphanage. When we asked about his interest in attending school in America, Wen responded . . . how about tomorrow?
Today we are off to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Until next time....
The Cloughs
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Gotcha!
Unbelieveable! He is so happy....thrilled actually. It's as if he has been waiting forever for us to come. He is ready to go home to America, but the guide had to explain to him that it would be a few days before we could leave.
After we got to the room, he wanted to take a shower and brush his teeth immediately. He has shown us all of his drawings and his belongings and is extremely affectionate to everyone.
Tom just described him as "large and in charge" and that is the truth. There is absolutely no way that this could have gone any better than it did. He is wonderful.
xoxo
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Dear Family and Friends,
As always we want to share our sincere gratitude for the love and support you have shown us over the past four years. We feel so fortunate to have such wonderful people in our lives and we would be honored to have you join us on our second journey to China for the adoption of our youngest son, Wen. An Wen Zhuo was born 3/12/2003 and is currently in the care of the Xi'an Children's Welfare Institute, Shaanxi Province, The People's Republic of China.
Many of you followed our journey to Hunan Province in May of 2006 to our beautiful daughter, Merrie and many of you carried and consoled us after the unexpected loss of our oldest son, Jake in 2005. We will never get over the loss of our beloved Jake, but we can try to help another child and give him all the love that we have in our hearts. Thank you for following along.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Confucius
As always we want to share our sincere gratitude for the love and support you have shown us over the past four years. We feel so fortunate to have such wonderful people in our lives and we would be honored to have you join us on our second journey to China for the adoption of our youngest son, Wen. An Wen Zhuo was born 3/12/2003 and is currently in the care of the Xi'an Children's Welfare Institute, Shaanxi Province, The People's Republic of China.
Many of you followed our journey to Hunan Province in May of 2006 to our beautiful daughter, Merrie and many of you carried and consoled us after the unexpected loss of our oldest son, Jake in 2005. We will never get over the loss of our beloved Jake, but we can try to help another child and give him all the love that we have in our hearts. Thank you for following along.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Confucius
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Itinerary
Flight Plan:
10/9 Kansas City/Chicago UA7542 Dep. 600A, Ar. 725A
10/9 Chicago/Shanghai Pudong UA835 Dep 1034A, Ar. 155P on 10/10
10/10 Shanghai Pudong/Xian HU7846 Dep. 550P, Ar. 815P
Xi'an:
10/10 Arrive in Xi'an and escorted by our guide, Celine to the Shangri-La Hotel.
10/11 Meet Wen at the Civil Affairs Office and begin custody proceedings.
10/12 Return to Civil Affairs Office for adoption processing.
10/13 Continue adoption processing (Wen's passport application)
10/14 Sightseeing: Qin Terracotta Army Museum
10/15 Visit the Xi'an's Children Welfare Instititute
Guangzhou:
10/16 Fly to Guangzhou (3:30 - 5:55pm) escorted by our guide, Sarah to the White Swan Hotel.
10/17 Medical Exam for Wen
10/18 Sightseeing in Guangzhou
10/19 Visa Interview at the American Consulate
10/20 Go to American Consulate to take oath
10/21 Return to American Consulate for Wen's visa
10/22 Fly to Shanghai at 8:05am and begin our journey home:)
10/9 Kansas City/Chicago UA7542 Dep. 600A, Ar. 725A
10/9 Chicago/Shanghai Pudong UA835 Dep 1034A, Ar. 155P on 10/10
10/10 Shanghai Pudong/Xian HU7846 Dep. 550P, Ar. 815P
Xi'an:
10/10 Arrive in Xi'an and escorted by our guide, Celine to the Shangri-La Hotel.
10/11 Meet Wen at the Civil Affairs Office and begin custody proceedings.
10/12 Return to Civil Affairs Office for adoption processing.
10/13 Continue adoption processing (Wen's passport application)
10/14 Sightseeing: Qin Terracotta Army Museum
10/15 Visit the Xi'an's Children Welfare Instititute
Guangzhou:
10/16 Fly to Guangzhou (3:30 - 5:55pm) escorted by our guide, Sarah to the White Swan Hotel.
10/17 Medical Exam for Wen
10/18 Sightseeing in Guangzhou
10/19 Visa Interview at the American Consulate
10/20 Go to American Consulate to take oath
10/21 Return to American Consulate for Wen's visa
10/22 Fly to Shanghai at 8:05am and begin our journey home:)
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